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Directed by | Jean-Claude Lord |
Written by | Charles Zev Cohen Rick Doehring |
Produced by | William Stuart Denis Heroux Stephane Reichel |
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Cinematography | René Verzier |
Music by | John Cafferty Marty Simon Kenny Vance Leon Aronson |
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Distributed by | Scotti Brothers |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Countries | Canada United States |
Language | English |
Budget | Can$9 million[1] |
Box office | $536,508[2] |
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! is the 1989 sequel to the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers. It is directed by Jean-Claude Lord, and based on literary characters created by author P. F. Kluge. Michael Paré and Matthew Laurance reprise their roles as Eddie Wilson and Sal Amato, respectively. The film was marketed with the tagline "The legend. The music. The man."
Director Lord and several members of the film's supporting cast (Marina Orsini, Vlasta Vrána, and Mark Brennan) had previously worked together on the French-Canadian television series Lance et Compte. Additionally, cast members Harvey Atkin and Kate Lynch had earlier co-starred in the comedy film Meatballs (1979).